Legal Opinion
Bracewell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 12, 1986PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In 1978, Charles Bracewell was convicted for the capital murder-robbery of Rex Carnley and sentenced to death. That conviction was eventually reversed on appeal after remandment from the United States Supreme Court. Bracewell v. State,475 So.2d 616 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984). In 1986, Bracewell was again convicted but was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He now appeals from that conviction and presents five issues.
I
Bracewell contends that the trial court erred in not permitting his brother, James Bracewell, to testify that the reason why he did not testify in Bracewell's first trial was…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stroud v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Haney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Sockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
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